The H Initiative reveals 2008 T-shirts for charity
New Zealanders will be challenged to make their mark for mental health with a new range of stylish streetwear T-shirts by charitable fashion label the H Initiative and the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand. Launching to coincide with the internationally recognized Mental Health Awareness Week (October 6–12), the T-shirts provide the opportunity to […]
Sloggi searches for New Zealand’s best buns
Sloggi, the international underwear brand, is on the lookout for New Zealand’s best male and female posteriors for the second annual Show Me Your Sloggi competition. The national winners get a trip to Paris to attend the international competition, and be in a chance to win a modelling competition, €15,000 prize money and bum insurance. […]
Perfectionism may be dangerous to your salary!
Women, power and money are topics that capture my interest immediately. Imagine my dismay when I read this very enlightening New York Times article that apparently girl power has not transferred successfully into the workforce. Apparently the culprits are perfectionism and having a thin skin among other things. I personally think having a thick skin […]
Jane Iredale photo competition winner announced
Jane Iredale has held a photographic competition in the lead-up to Air New Zealand Fashion Week. The brief: to design a high-fashion runway look in keeping with Fashion Week using the Jane Iredale product. Katie Elliott of Essentially Skin, Whangarei, has won the competition, taking away $1,000 in Jane Iredale product, a luxurious night at […]
Ingrid Betancourt announced by Association as Woman of the Year
The World Awards Association, presided by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Mikhail Gorbachev, today announced the ?rst Women’s World Awards winner for 2008, Ingrid Betancourt. Betancourt, 46, the former Columbian presidential candidate, kidnapped in 2002 by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia (FARC) and held captive in the Columbian jungle for six-and-a-half years, will receive the […]
Another sign of our connected, global planet: New Zealand director Shona McCullagh of the Human Garden Agency directs Parisian artist Ayo in her latest video on location in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Images courtesy Human Garden.) […]
New Zealand’s Red Dress collection benefits Aids Foundation
Following on from the Red Dress show at New York Fashion Week each February, Christchurch, New Zealand will be running a similar show as part of Style Christchurch on November 6. Instead of benefiting the Heart Foundation, the antipodean version will raise funds for the New Zealand Aids Foundation. Huffer, Koila McBride, Sonya Smith, Ruby, […]
Reese Witherspoon, Avon celebrate milestone in fund-raising
Avon Products, Inc. and Academy Award-winning actress Reese Witherspoon held a press conference in São Paulo, Brazil yesterday to celebrate the sale of 1·5 million units of Avon’s Women’s Empowerment Bracelet, the company’s first global fund-raising product. Joining Witherspoon at the conference were Nilcéa Freire, Brazil’s Federal Secretary for Women Policies; Ana Falú, UNIFEM Regional Director for the […]
Model scam alert: there is no ‘Bruce Williams’ at Lucire
I know all fashion magazines have this problem—the misuse of one’s name for less than scrupulous purposes—and I was disappointed to note one today that FHM had previously been a victim of. This was sent to us by the alert boyfriend of a model, who asked if a Bruce Williams worked for us. […]
Kate Moss gold sculpture unveiled
A gold sculpture (the maquette is shown at left) of supermodel Kate Moss, dubbed Siren, has been unveiled at the British Museum. The statue, weighing 50 kg, is the work of artist Marc Quinn. It is claimed to be the largest gold statue since those made in ancient Egypt and has been valued at […]
